Apache Spark with Java 8 is proving to be the perfect match for Big Data. Spark 1.0 was just released this May, and it’s already surpassed Hadoop in popularity on the Web. Java 8, the latest version, ...

Hadoop, the open source framework for processing Big Data, needs to get connected. That is, most Hadoop installations are isolated from the larger IT infrastructure. Think data scientists working ...

Big data means big business. One of the most critical assets and organization has is the data that traverses the data center, the user, and the computing environment. All of this information needs to ...

MapR Technologies, Inc., provider of a leading distribution for Apache™ Hadoop®, announced the availability of free Hadoop On-Demand Training for developers, analysts and administrators which ...

When it comes to big data, Microsoft has more in the works than just Windows Azure and Windows Server versions of the Hadoop big-data framework. The company is working on a number of supplementary ...

Sensing a growing interest in big data-style analysis, software provider Revolution Analytics has updated its flagship package of R statistical functions so it can be run with the Hadoop data ...

Selling itself as “Big data processing. Simplified.” the Tel Aviv-based Xplenty, which has developed technology to make data processing possible for professionals who aren’t versed in the arcane arts ...